Dr. Mouhamed Mbaye

Dr. Mouhamed Mbaye is a senior general surgeon at Clinique Pasteur, one of Dakar's most respected private hospitals and a facility known for serving both the Senegalese upper and middle class and a significant proportion of international patients. Over a 19-year surgical career, Dr. Mbaye has built a reputation as one of Dakar's most technically accomplished surgeons, with particular distinction in laparoscopic surgery and surgical oncology. He trained in Dakar and then undertook advanced laparoscopic training in Paris, France, where he also completed a short fellowship in surgical oncology at the Institut Curie — one of Europe's leading cancer surgery centres. His return to Dakar equipped him with laparoscopic skills that remain relatively uncommon in the West African private surgical landscape. Clinique Pasteur's well-maintained operating theatres and anaesthesia teams provide an environment in which Dr. Mbaye can apply minimally invasive techniques with outcomes comparable to international standards. He speaks French, Wolof, and Sérère, giving him broad accessibility to Senegal's diverse patient population.

Dr. Mbaye completed his Doctorat en Médecine at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar and pursued specialist training in General Surgery through the DES programme at UCAD, completing his residency at Dakar's teaching hospitals. He subsequently travelled to Paris for advanced training, obtaining a Diplôme de Chirurgie Laparoscopique that certified his competence in minimally invasive abdominal surgery. He completed a short fellowship in surgical oncology at the Institut Curie in Paris, gaining exposure to breast cancer surgery, multidisciplinary oncology decision-making, and the latest evidence in surgical management of solid tumours. He is a member of the Association Française de Chirurgie (AFC) and regularly attends AFC congresses to maintain specialist currency.

Dr. Mbaye is one of the most experienced laparoscopic surgeons in Dakar's private sector. His laparoscopic workload includes cholecystectomy for gallstone disease, appendicectomy, inguinal hernia repair using totally extraperitoneal (TEP) and TAPP techniques, and diagnostic laparoscopy. In surgical oncology, he performs breast surgery including lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and mastectomy, as well as thyroidectomy for thyroid nodules and cancer, and resection of colorectal and gastric cancers. His open surgical practice covers the full range of abdominal surgery including bowel resection and primary anastomosis, colostomy formation and reversal, gastrectomy, and emergency laparotomy for bowel obstruction and perforation. He also performs haemorrhoidectomy and anorectal surgery. He works closely with Clinique Pasteur's anaesthesiology and intensive care teams to ensure safe perioperative management.

Dr. Mbaye has published in the Medecine d'Afrique Noire and the Revue Africaine de Chirurgie on the introduction and outcomes of laparoscopic surgery in Senegal's private sector. He has contributed to the Société Sénégalaise de Chirurgie's continuing medical education programme and has presented laparoscopic technique workshops at SSC meetings to promote minimally invasive surgery uptake among Senegalese surgeons. He has participated in multi-centre data collection on colorectal cancer presentation and surgical outcomes in West Africa coordinated through the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC).

Clinique Pasteur is Dakar's most internationally oriented private hospital and regularly serves patients from Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, and Mauritania who travel to Dakar for private sector surgical care. Dr. Mbaye is fully equipped to manage international patients requiring elective abdominal surgery, laparoscopic procedures, thyroid surgery, or breast cancer surgery. His French-language fluency ensures smooth communication with French-speaking patients from across francophone West Africa. He can provide surgical consultation reports in French for patients coordinating care across multiple countries. Appointments at Clinique Pasteur can be made directly through the clinic's booking system, and international patients are guided through pre-operative assessment, surgery, and post-operative recovery with the assistance of the clinic's patient services team.

Dr. Mbaye has been recognised by the Société Sénégalaise de Chirurgie for his role in advancing laparoscopic surgery standards in Dakar and for his contribution to surgical education. The Association Française de Chirurgie has acknowledged his participation in AFC's international surgical exchange programmes. Clinique Pasteur has recognised him as one of the clinic's most prolific and technically accomplished surgeons, with a patient satisfaction record that reflects his care and communication as well as his clinical outcomes.